Most Popular Christmas Toys for 2009

What do the kids what for Christmas this year? What’s Hot and What’s Not? We did the research, and the list below are the results for the Most Popular Toys for Christmas 2009. These toys are the editor’s picks from the best selling and most popular toys for this Christmas season.

Mattel Mindflex Game
The power to move objects with your mind is sure to make Mindflex a popular gift choice this year. This cool new mental acuity game from Mattel combines advanced technology with the power of thought and is sure to grab the interest of any child. A lightweight headset containing sensors for the forehead and earlobes measures your brainwave activity. When you focus your concentration, a small foam ball will rise on a gentle stream of air. Relax your thoughts and the ball will descend. By using a combination of physical and mental coordination, you must then guide the ball through a customizable obstacle course - the various obstacles can be repositioned into many different configurations. For ages 8 and up

Fisher-Price Smart Cycle Extreme
The Fisher-Price Smart Cycle Extreme brings the arcade experience home while encouraging your kids to be active. The Fisher-Price Smart Cycle Extreme is a stationary bike, a learning center and an arcade game system - all rolled into one! Smart Cycle plugs into a TV and is ready to take kids on learning adventures like no other. As kids pedal, their favorite character friends guide them through learning discoveries, games and races. Rumble Action takes Smart Cycle excitement to the next level, so kids can feel the on-screen adventure. Recommended Age: 3 - 7 years

Asus Disney Blue netpal Eee PC Netbook with Intel Atom Processor
The Disney Desktop "gadget tray" offers a creatively designed 2D menu displaying a Disney-themed browser and a robust suite widgets and applications. The Netpal includes more than two dozen robust parental control options and a kid-friendly software suite featuring Disney characters and icons in a fun and intuitive design. The kid-friendly web browser and email have extra filters to assure that parents are able to control online safety and content for their children, and can easily select whom their children can correspond with. Intel Atom N270 Procesor 1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512MB cache Processor. 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB. 1GB of memory to handle today's basic needs 160GB SATA Hard Drive. Store up to 45,000 photos, up to 39,000 songs, up to 19 hours of HD video and more. Wireless WiFi & Wired Ethernet. Connect to a broadband modem (Cable or DSL) Wirelessly or Wired with 10/100Mbps Ethernet or Wireless connect to a WiFi signal/hotspot with built-in 802.11 b/g. 8.9" diagonally LCD Screen 1024 x600 resolution Mobile Intel Graphics 950 Media Accelerator with shared 128MB graphics memory. Additional Features Disney Magic Blue cleverly displays rows of miniature Mickey Mouse icons Built-in Mickey Mouse Webcam USB 2.0 (3), VGA Video Output, Microphone & Headphone Ports 3-cell rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (up to 5 hours) RJ45 (Ethernet) Port It's rugged and durable, with a spill-proof keyboard that protects against inadvertent liquid spills. Software Genuine Windows XP with Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Edition, 60-day trial version 10 customizable desktop themes (Disney"Pixar including Cars, Club Penguin, Disney Classic Characters, Disney Fairies, Disney Princesses, Vintage Mickey Mouse, Toy Story and WALL-E.) Additional Disney-developed ap

Singing Machine STVG-1009 Pedestal CDG Karaoke System with Built-in Video Camera, AM/FM Radio & Tower Speakers
The Singing Machine STVG-1009 Pedestal CDG Karaoke System will give you a dynamic karaoke experience with professional-looking appearance and high-quality sound. The finest in Pedestal Karaoke Systems, this model features a 7" monitor for displaying scrolling lyrics, plays CD+G disks (as well as regular CDs) and has two separate tower speakers to fill your room with sound. Age Range: 7 Years and up

LeapFrog My Pal Scout
Download your child's name and favorite things to this cuddly customizable puppy, Scout (Internet connection required) Teaches: first words, daily routines, early number sense, feelings and emotions Listen to any of 5 pre-loaded songs, 4 learning songs and 3 playful melodies Select music from an online list of 30 songs (Internet connection required). Press a paw to play music, learning songs or games. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning. Recommended Age: 6 Months to 36 Months

The Beatles: Rock Band Rickenbacker 325 Wireless Guitar for Sony PS3 - for Xbox 360 As played by John Lennon, The Beatles: Rock Band Wireless Rickenbacker 325 Guitar Controller features: authentic whammy bar with chrome tip, fast, accurate strum bar, five-way toggle switch, and auto-calibration sensor to make syncing up with any TV a breeze.

VTech Bugsby Reading System & Pen Bundle
Join Bugsby the Book Worm on a reading adventure. Your child will love that they can read along and interact with their favorite characters in stories that build early reading skills. Children will also have fun listening to the story read aloud or by playing any of the skill-building reading activities that focus on reading comprehension, phonics, sentence structure, word recognition and more. Designed with convenience in mind, the Bugsby Reading System includes a software cartridge with every book title. Recommended Age: 3 - 7 years

Bakugan Maxus Dragonoid 7 in 1 Pyrus
What is Bakugan? Bakugan is a 2 player strategy game based on Cartoon Network's television series, Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Bakugan Brawlers are action figure warriors that are tucked into spheres and pop open when they're rolled onto a Gate card. Each player has a team of 3 Bakugan and each is trying to be the first to capture 3 Gate cards. Maxus Dragonoid is a combination of 7 Bakugan (1 Bakugan and 6 Bakugan Trap) that unite to form the ultimate monster. The 6 Bakugan Trap that make up Maxus Dragonoid are unique to the Maxus Dragonoid monster. Includes Grakas Hound, Dark Hound, Grafias, Brachium, Spitarm, SpyderFencer and Neo Dragonoid. Comes with Exclusive Maxus Dragonoid Cards. All of the Bakugan that compose Maxus Dragonoid can also be used individually in the game. Ultimate Dragonoid appears in the animated hit cartoon show Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia. Recommended Age: 5 - 12 years

Matchbox Rocky the Robot Truck
Matchbox Rocky the Robot Truck is a hard-working, interactive dump truck is ready to roll with sensors, motorized movements and 100 phrases. Quickly becoming any child's best friend, Rocky tells jokes, dances and flashes his headlights as he speaks. With a rugged design and a full-tilting bed, kids can even use Rocky for construction projects like loading up, moving out, hauling and dumping. When the work is done, Rocky even sleeps and snores. 4 C batteries required (included). Recommended Age: 3 - 6 years

Mega Bloks Battle Strikers Tournament Set
Battle Strikers Tournament Set is the ultimate Battle Strikers battling playset...experience the turbo power of next generation battling tops with Battle Strikers Turbo Tops by MagNext. Say goodbye to spinning tops of the past and make way for Battle Strikers, the ultimate kid-controlled spinning top battling system! The 17-piece Tournament Set includes 2 Turbo Launchers, 2 Magnetic Controllers and 2 exclusive Strikers. The Controllers give you precise fingertip control, and fit both left and right hands. Power up your Battle Strikers Turbo Launchers, load them up with Turbine and Mauler Strikers, launching them onto the arena for fast and furious battles! Accelerate your Strikers at 6300 RPM and feel the magnetic power as you use your Controllers to command the battle. Collect all 16 spinning Strikers to customize and battle with friends! Play the Battle Strikers free online game and join an action-packed spinning tops community! Tournament Set and all Battle Strikers are fun toys for kids 6 years old and up.

Transformers Movie 2: Revenge of the Fallen - Combiner Class: Constructicon Devastator
Constructicon Devastator is named for the brutal, destructive winds that whip around the equator of Cybertron. He is mighty beyond the boundaries of a normal robot frame. Rather, he is a force of nature - inevitable, unstoppable, and indestructible. He destroys all in his path, as do his namesake winds. Earth has never experienced a destructive force as singular as Constructicon Devastator. Where he walks, the humans' fragile world will be quaked and stripped to its very foundations. Combine all six detailed vehicles including Mixmaster vehicle with motion-activated vehicle and conversion sounds to create the mighty Constructicon Devastator figure. Recreate exciting movie scenes right in your living room with this super-cool figure! Recommended Age: 5 & up

Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters.
What are Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters? Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters are listed as one of the hottest toys this season on the Toy "R" Us 2009 Hot Holiday Toy List. Each Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster has its own unique personality and whimsical sounds! Loving mode: Pet them, love them, hear them squeak and chatter. Explore mode: Let them scoot, scamper, bump and boogie across the floor or through their Hamster Habitat. Collect the whole Hamster-riffic gang and all the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster accessories to make a Humongous Hamster city! There are four cute, cuddly Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters to love and collect. Chunk is the laid-back surfer hamster who is famous for chillin' out, hangin' back and layin' low. But when he gets a whiff of some slammin' surf, he's off and running! Don't spare the hugs for this rad rodent. He lives to feel the love. Pipsqueak may be sweet and small, but this petite powerhouse isn't afraid of anything. A daredevil with the curiosity of a dozen cats. She loves to play, explore, run and slide. Just give her some wiggle room and watch her do her stuff. Squiggles is the fussy and finicky hamster who's been there, done that, and lived to tell about it. Get out of his way! He's a hamster on a mission: Explore Galore, then explore some more! Love him, pet him , watch him go. Just don't call him cute. Numnums is a super fuzzy friend you can depend on for laughs and love. Her higly trained sniffer can detect a carrot from a mile away, so stand back and watch her scoot to find some munchies! Recommended Age: 4 - 8 years

Nintendo DSi
The new Nintendo DSi is a high-powered handheld video game system in a sleek, folding design — loaded with powerful features like touch screen control for a unique gaming experience. Snap great photos with the built-in camera, edit and send them to friends, play back your music with Nintendo DSi Sound, or browse the Internet with the Nintendo DSi Browser. From playing games to just playing around, the Nintendo DSi does it all. Nintendo DSi is a handheld video game system and more.

Crayola Town Small Mat - My House
Crayon Town is the only line of activity play sets that combine the fun and creativity of coloring with real 3-D play! Children will have hours of fun coloring the playmats, building the structures, and playing in the unique worlds they create! Build play pieces with your crayons! Free coloring playmate refills online! Neighborhood Play Set includes: Fold & Build House and 2 playmats for coloring fun!, Friendly Neighbor, Dog, Tree and Car, 4 Crayola crayons. Recommended Age: 3 - 8 years